United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 52; Volumes 207-210Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1908 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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Page 88
... rule or system of valuation is adopted by those whose duty it is to make the assessment , which is de- signed to operate unequally and to violate a fundamental principle of the Constitution , [ 38 ] and when * this rule is applied not ...
... rule or system of valuation is adopted by those whose duty it is to make the assessment , which is de- signed to operate unequally and to violate a fundamental principle of the Constitution , [ 38 ] and when * this rule is applied not ...
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... rule is that in a case coming from were special reasons in the state of the rec- a state court this court can consider only ord and the admission of counsel . The ques- Federal questions , and that it cannot enter - tion is one with ...
... rule is that in a case coming from were special reasons in the state of the rec- a state court this court can consider only ord and the admission of counsel . The ques- Federal questions , and that it cannot enter - tion is one with ...
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... rule was allowed requiring the defendant and its officers and employees named in the petition to show cause before the court on a certain day why they ' should not produce on the trial of this cause ' the books and writings above ...
... rule was allowed requiring the defendant and its officers and employees named in the petition to show cause before the court on a certain day why they ' should not produce on the trial of this cause ' the books and writings above ...
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... rule laid down in Angle v . Chicago , St. P. M. & O. R. Co. 151 U. S. 1 , 38 L. ed . 55 , 14 Sup . Ct . Rep . 240 ; Cooley , Torts , 2d ed . p . 581 , * 497 ; Green v . Button , 2 Cromp . M. & R. 707 ; Benton v . Pratt , 2 Wend . 385 ...
... rule laid down in Angle v . Chicago , St. P. M. & O. R. Co. 151 U. S. 1 , 38 L. ed . 55 , 14 Sup . Ct . Rep . 240 ; Cooley , Torts , 2d ed . p . 581 , * 497 ; Green v . Button , 2 Cromp . M. & R. 707 ; Benton v . Pratt , 2 Wend . 385 ...
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... rule concerning the avoidance of a multiplicity of suits . " 4. The circuit court was without juris- diction , notwithstanding the colorable aver- ments contained in the bill that the injury sustained in consequence of the defendants ...
... rule concerning the avoidance of a multiplicity of suits . " 4. The circuit court was without juris- diction , notwithstanding the colorable aver- ments contained in the bill that the injury sustained in consequence of the defendants ...
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Page 399 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 415 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act. matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act.
Page 250 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 271 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 432 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue...
Page 110 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.
Page 462 - States; or (5) admitted in writing his inability to pay his debts and his willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt on that ground.
Page 112 - The true reason of the remedy; and then the office of all the judges is always to make such construction as shall suppress the mischief, and advance the remedy, and to suppress subtle inventions and evasions for continuance of the mischief, and pro privato commodo, and to add force and life to the cure and remedy, according to the true intent of the makers of the Act, pro bono publico.
Page 342 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 129 - We feel no hesitation in confining these expressions to those privileges and immunities which are, in their nature, fundamental; which belong, of right, to the citizens of all free governments; and which have, at all times, been enjoyed by the citizens of the several states which compose this Union, from the time of their becoming free, independent, and sovereign.